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Fighters with the 66th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces have destroyed three tanks and an infantry fighting vehicle of the Russian invaders using a Stugna-P anti-tank guided missile system. In a post on Facebook, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine published a video showing the destruction of the enemy hardware. "Three tanks and one enemy IFV are the result of the combat work of a Stugna-P unit," the post reads. Read also: Soldiers of 30th Brigade destroy two enemy equipment units in two hours Earlier reports said that from February 24, 2022 to July 24,…

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has strongly condemned recent Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure on the Danube River near Ukraine's border with Romania. He said this on Twitter, according to Ukrinform. "I strongly condemn the recent Russian attacks against the Ukrainian🇺🇦 civilian infrastructure on Danube, very close to Romania. This recent escalation poses serious risks to the security in the Black Sea. It also affects further Ukrainian grain transit & thus the global food security," Iohannis wrote. Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu also condemned recent Russian attacks on Ukraine near the Romanian border, according to Romania Journal. He said the…

The occupiers are transferring trucks, tractors and other military equipment from the temporarily occupied Melitopol in Zaporizhzhia to the temporarily occupied Crimea. That's according to the Atesh partisan movement on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "After another successful work of the Ukrainian Armed Forces against the occupiers in Melitopol, the Russian Armed Forces began to move equipment to Crimea. This time, our agents recorded the movement of military trucks, tractors and other equipment from Melitopol to Crimea," the statement reads. Read also: Ukraine’s Defense Forces liberate 35 sq km of land area in Bakhmut sector The partisans note that the invaders are…

Many occupiers have already taken their families out of Crimea. Representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine Andriy Yusov said this on the air of the national marathon "United News". "People who are not involved in the occupation of Ukrainian territories and committing war crimes should avoid using such dangerous illegal structures as the bridge across the Kerch Strait. This facility is used by the aggressor to transfer forces and resources, kill Ukrainians and Ukrainian defenders, and continue the occupation of Ukrainian territories. Therefore, it would be a mistake to think that it will be fine in the future," Yusov…

The National Guard of Ukraine destroyed three Russian T-90-M 'Proryv' tanks in the Lyman direction. This was reported by the press service of the National Guard on Telegram, according to Ukrinform. "In the Lyman direction, the enemy tried to storm the positions of the National Guard. Having been defeated, the attackers retreated, but later the so-called 'pride' of Russian tank building - brand new T-90-Ms - came to help them. However, the enemy armor did not pass the test of the Lyman forests and our defense," the statement said. The National Guard said that these tanks had hit mines and…

The key battles in eastern Ukraine are taking place in the Bakhmut sector, in particular, outside the settlements of Klishchiivka, Andriivka and Kurdiumivka. Ukraine's Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said this on national television, Ukrinform reports. "The enemy's key task is to stop our advance, and the key battles are taking place in the Klishchiivka-Andriiivka-Kurdiumivka area, if we are talking about the Bakhmut direction. And this is the main theater of action in the east," she said. According to her, on the eastern front, the enemy uses about 400,000 shells per week, or about 60,000 per day. "That is, it…

Damage to the illegally built bridge across the Kerch Strait is a significant blow to Russia. That's according to Vadym Skibitskyi, a representative of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate, Ukrinform reports, citing the Ukrainian intelligence agency. According to the report, Skibitskyi called the recent destruction of the Crimean bridge a "significant blow to Russia" as it disrupts the supply lines of the Russian occupation forces. "The bridge is a complex structure, but there is an opportunity to strike it and hinder, first of all, logistical military supplies to Russian troops on our territory," he said. Read also: Recent…

The Russian forces continued to terrorize Odesa region last night, launching an almost four-hour attack involving Shahed-136 kamikaze drones at the port infrastructure on the Danube. That’s according to Operational Command South, Ukrinform reports. "Three drones were destroyed by air defense forces. As a result of the strikes, a grain hangar was destroyed, tanks for storing other types of cargo were damaged, and a fire broke out in one of the production premises, which was promptly put out," the report says. Tentative reports say four port workers were injured in the attack. The reports from the ground are being verified.…

The Security Service of Ukraine identified 31 more collaborators who had joined the so-called "headquarters of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs" created by the aggressor in the temporarily captured part of Kherson region. The SBU reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform. There they were assigned to the Novokakhovka and Oleshki units of the so-called "Russian police". The personnel was selected under the "supervision" of FSB operatives. While in positions assigned, the turncoats took part in the punitive action that the Russians unleashed against the members of the local underground resistance movement. The perpetrators accompanied their actions by mass…

The training of Ukrainian pilots who will master the American F-16 fighter jets will kick off in August and take at least six months, said the Ukrainian Minister of Defense, Oleksii Reznikov. That’s according to the minister’s interview with CNN, Ukrinform reports. Ukraine also needs to create the proper infrastructure for the said warplanes. According to Reznikov’s optimistic forecast, pilots will be able to fly the F-16 as early as next spring. Reznikov emphasized that, if Ukraine had these fighters now, they would certainly help make more progress in the counteroffensive. Read also: Zelensky calls on U.S. to provide Ukraine…